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Transitions by Ron Lawrenz, MDS President Newsletter Issue #4 June 2015 Ensuring conservation of Minnesota’s dragonflies and damselflies through research and education. Transitions By Ron Lawrenz, MDS President This seems like a great time to say a few things about change and new beginnings. As I look out my office window I note that the trees are just starting to show that wonderful fresh green color of spring, my computer screen is lighting up with the first reports of the emergence of local dragonflies, and then there’s a new role for me to ponder. I’ve just accepted the privilege of representing the Minnesota Dragonfly Society (MDS) as its new President. My interest in dragonflies and aquatic environments isn’t new. I’ve been poking around streams and ponds since I was a child. As I worked my way through college I followed that interest by earning degrees in fisheries biology and limnology, and aquatic ecology. I like fish and aquatic plants, but it was always the “bugs” that drew me back to the water. As I studied, and then taught classes about, aquatic insects, I became more and more fascinated with dragonflies. That fascination was tweaked in the early 1990s when photo by Kurt Mead two odonatologists, Bill Smith and Tim Vogt, from the Wisconsin DNR, were using the facilities of the While the MDS has not yet celebrated its first full St. Croix Watershed Research Station (SCWRS) year of operation as a 501(c)(3), its roots go back near Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, as a base more than a decade to the Minnesota Odonata for conducting a dragonfly survey of the St. Croix Survey Project (MOSP) founded by Kurt Mead. It River. I was the SCWRS Director at that time and was Kurt’s leadership and MOSP’s solid legacy that I spent hours watching them sort, identify, and led to the formation of the MDS. In fact, Kurt knew preserve the specimens that they had collected. that it was time to take that next step so he initiated I also witnessed their discovery of the St. Croix the transition from MOSP to MDS, and served as Snaketail (Ophiogomphus susbehcha), a dragonfly species new to science. That’s all it took to turn my (continued on page 2) fascination into an obsession. 1 Contents: (continued from page 1) Transitions........................................................... Page 1 New Members .................................................... Page 2 the first President of MDS. His efforts have The Dragonflies are Here!.................................. Page 3 led to the development of a growing database Haiku by Scott King .......................................... Page 3 of Minnesota state and county records where Birth Announcements. ..................................... Page 4 practically none had existed before, and that data Annual Dragonfly Gathering ........................... Page 5 is now tied to the international Odonata Central Tools of the Trade .............................................. Page 6 database. Don’t get me wrong— our knowledge Dragonfly Book Recommendations ............... Page 7 of the dragonfly fauna of Minnesota started from Upcoming MDS Events .................................. Page 10 almost zero, so we still have a long way to go, but we now have a great foundation to build on for the future. MDS also inherited a wonderful legacy Board Members: of educational advocacy. In fact, we are currently President: Ron Lawrenz witnessing a fast growing slate of public workshops, Vice President: Curt Oien events, and surveys guided by members of MDS. Treasurer: John Arthur Finally, we are now becoming more actively Secretary: Ami Thompson engaged in proposing and conducting research that Jeff Fischer addresses known gaps in our knowledge rather Angela Isackson than just reacting to opportunities offered by other Rachel MaKarrall institutions. Kurt Mead Vanessa Strong I’m not MDS; you are, and MDS leadership doesn’t rest just in my hands. I see my role as Newsletter Editor: providing a nexus for a very passionate, dedicated, and knowledgeable group of individuals that Rachel MaKarrall constitute the MDS Board and membership. I have an immense trust and respect for this talented Membership: group of people, and I know that you will too. By The Minnesota Dragonfly Society welcomes the way, Kurt Mead may have stepped down as everyone! Annual Memberships are $25 for President, but he continues to provide leadership individuals and $30 for families. and perspective as an active MDS Board member. Contact: [email protected] I hope that all of you consider becoming an MDS member, an MDS committee member, or even Who We Are: joining us someday on the MDS Board. I look The Minnesota Dragonfly Society is a 501(c)(3) forward to getting to know you and sharing our organization that facilitates Odonata (dragonfly and interest in dragonflies and dragonfly conservation. damselfly) research, surveys, and education. In the meantime, I wish all of you good ode-ing. Public events include survey outings, identification and citizen science trainings, family education events, and board meetings. Other events include Welcome and Thanks to Our professional development workshops for educators New Members! and research outings for trained members. Barbara Andersen Oakley Biesanz Currently the best way to reach us is to request to Eric and Suzanne Burkness join our Minnesota Dragonfly Society Facebook Douglas Hall Page or through our website: Wayne Johnson www.mndragonfly.org. Scott King 2 The Dragonflies Are Here! It’s one of spring’s greatest pleasures: watching people April 16- CGDs made it to northcentral Wright post their first dragonfly sightings of the year! First County, reported by Arne Myrabo. The same day come the migrants; Common Green Darners (Anax Courtney Kearns photographed a Variegated junius) and Variegated Meadowhawks (Sympetrum Meadowhawk on Prairie Lake near Grand Rapids. corruptum). Then we start seeing our resident April 28- Wayne Johnson photographed a dragons emerging from south to north. Here’s a Variegated Meadowhawk at Richardson Nature sprinkling of 2015 first sightings from around the Center, the first time this species has been recorded state, with some reports of sightings a week or more at the center! earlier than normal. Join the fun each spring and throughout the season on the Minnesota Dragonfly May 4- Carl Bublitz reported baskettails emerging in Society Facebook page! Stearns County at Mississippi River County Park. May 5- Ron Lawrenz photographed Warner Nature Center’s first Dot-tailed Whiteface of the year. Curt Oien also saw Dot-taileds along with Four-spotted Skimmers and Eastern Forktails at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve in Savage. Meanwhile Arne Myrabo was busy watching a big bluet emergence in northcentral Wright County. May 9- Lynn Crotty photographed a Hudsonian Whiteface in eastern Morrison County. May 13- Mitch Haag spotted Dusky Clubtails at Crow Hassan Park Reserve near Prairie Lake. May 18- Marti Starr saw Dot-tailed Whitefaces in her yard in St. Paul. photo by Debbie Center May 19- Ron Lawrenz photgraphed multiple emergences at Waner Nature Center, including April 1- Scott King reported Common Green Spiny Baskettails, Dusky Clubtails, Four-spotted Darners (CGDs) at St. Olaf Natural Lands in Skimmers, Dot-tailed Whitefaces, Chalk-fronted Northfield. Corporals and Springtime Darners. A few days later April 2- Mitch Haag reported CGDs ovipositing in he added a Lilypad Clubtail to the list. the Elm Creek Park rain garden in Maple Grove.The May 21- Arne Myrabo photographed a River same day, Scott King saw Variegated Meadowhawks Jewelwing at Wayside County Park in Wright at Esker Wildlife Management Area in Webster. County. April 3- Daryl Hrdlicka reported CGDs at Lake May 25- Dan Tallman photographed a Common Shetek State Park in Currie. Whitetail in his yard in Northfield. April 11- Jeff Fischer reported CGDs at Fort Snelling May 28- Molly Stoddard spotted Four-spotted State Park in St. Paul. Skimmers at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in April 12- Mark Wheeler saw CGDs flying in tandem Fergus Falls. at a pond in Oakdale, while Curt Oien reported seeing both CGDs and Variegated Meadowhawks at Rebecca Lake Park Reserve in Rockford. April 13- First 2015 sighting by Ron Lawrenz of bright red bookmark CGDs in huge numbers at Warner Nature Center placed on the first page of spring— in Marine on St. Croix. The next day Ron also saw Variegated Meadowhawks at Warner. the migrant dragonfly. April 14- Wayne Johnson spotted a single CGD at Scott King Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington. 3 Birth Announcements After a long winter of carefully feeding and tending to nymphs in their tanks, our cadre of dedicated dragonfly rearers are proud to report these spring “births!” Look for more about why and how we rear dragonfly nymphs in the next issue of the MDS newsletter. Mitch Haag hatched this beautiful Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii), above, from a nymph collected in Sibley County during a U.S. Fish and Wildlife bioblitz. He says, “We were exploring a wet meadow on our way to the Minnesota River and just happened to stumble across a really nice seep coming from the wet meadow to a smaller creek which then flowed into the river. This was one of the largest populations of Brush-tipped Emeralds Curt Oien raised this Elusive Clubtail (Stylurus I have ever seen. It took Bob DuBois ten years to notatus), above, from a nymph collected at the find a breeding site for this species. Really cool stuff Zumbro River. This specimen represents a new and a county record for Sibley!” Photo by Mitch county record for Wabasha County. Photo by Curt Haag. Oien. Ron Lawrenz wasn’t home when this male Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis) decided to make its move into adulthood. Luckily his wife Sylvia was on the scene with her camera; she captured this fantastic series documenting its emergence. Fully formed adult at left. This one came from a nymph collected in Wisconsin by Curt Oien.
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